window dressing

noun

1. 橱窗装饰艺术；橱窗设计艺术
   the art of arranging goods in shop/store windows in an attractive way
2. 装饰门面；弄虚作假
   the fact of doing or saying sth in a way that creates a good impression but does not show the real facts
   1. The reforms are seen as window dressing.
      这些改革被视为是装饰门面。

1. The measures are little more than window dressing that will fade fast once investors take a hard look at them.
   这些措施也就是装装门面，一旦投资者认真探究，就会原形毕露。
2. In the case of the latter, I guess words are window dressing.
   后一种情况下，我想文字只是用来做做样子罢了。
3. CSS has addressed many issues related to window dressing: fonts, spacing, padding, backgrounds, and more& all visual presentation elements.
   CSS已解决许多与窗口修饰相关的问题：字体、间距、填充、背景，等等&所有视觉呈现元素。
4. The practice, known as 'marking the close' or 'portfolio pumping,' is a form of 'window dressing'& a term for a variety of techniques employed by asset managers to make their results look better at the end of the quarter.
   这种做法被称为设定收市价或投资组合拉抬，是粉饰账面的一种形式&粉饰账面是指资产管理经理在季度末为改善业绩数据而采用的各种手段。
5. Mr Obama will soon need to show that what he is proposing amounts to more than just window dressing.
   奥巴马很快就必须用实际行动来证明，他所提议的措施不只是装饰门面。
6. Window dressing occurs much more frequently in small, thinly traded stocks, whose shares tend to swing widely, according to trading and securities-law experts.
   交易和证券法专家称，粉饰账面操作多针对交易量低的小型股，这类股票往往会出现大幅波动。
7. It isn't easy to spot or prove the window dressing of stocks.
   要识别或证实针对股票的粉饰账面行为并不是件容易的事情。
8. Since the beginning of last year, the SEC has brought at least three cases against money managers for allegedly window dressing stocks in their portfolios.
   从去年年初开始，SEC就基金经理涉嫌对投资组合中的股票进行粉饰账面操作至少提出了三项诉讼。
9. Some forms of window dressing, such as selling losing stocks right before reporting quarter-end holdings to investors, are perfectly legal.
   某些形式的粉饰账面是完全合法的，譬如在向投资者公布季度末持仓状况之前卖出面临损失的股票。
10. In reality, many of the changes are window dressing with schools just trying to keep their cash cow M.B.A. programs alive by attempting to ride the entrepreneurial fever breaking out across the country.
    在现实生活中，有许多此类变革其实只是装点门面而已，学校们想要让M.B.A.项目这棵摇钱树保持活力，于是就趁着全国刮起的这一股创业风潮来赶时髦。
11. As an art, window dressing has evolved far beyond the snow scenes of my youth.
    作为一种艺术，橱窗展示已经演变成远非我年轻时的雪景。
12. New accounting rules compress the space of window dressing of consolidated financial statements, but still exists under the circumstance of immature China capital market.
    新会计准则虽然压缩了对合并会计报表进行粉饰的空间，但是在我国资本市场还不成熟的条件下，仍然存在着很大的会计报表粉饰空间。
13. This effect may be the result of window dressing by the fund managing companies.
    这种现象可能与基金的窗饰效应有关。
14. Packaging must first of all, the customer is responsible for window dressing and be products are not going to win.
    包装首先要对客户负责，华而不实与实而不华的产品不会赢得消费群体。
15. But this type of financial window dressing is neither exclusive to Lehman nor, prima facie, illegal.
    但这种财务上“粉饰门面”的做法并非雷曼所独有，而且从表面上看也并不违法。
16. The reforms have been interpreted as window dressing.
    这些变革被称作是装饰门面。
17. Foreign experts, who have dismissed similar campaigns in the past as window dressing, are noticing improvements in the protection of intellectual property rights for the first time.
    外企高管过去对此类销毁活动一直不以为然，视之为作秀行为，但现在，他们首次注意到，中国的知识产权保护有了改善。
18. And politically speaking, "window dressing" R& D centres no longer work for multinationals.
    从政治角度而言，“粉饰”研发中心对跨国公司而言也不再奏效。
19. Window dressing. Business as usual.
    装潢门面期间，照常营业。
20. Anything else is just window dressing.
    至于其他作法，不过是点缀而已。
21. Fair Value and the Window Dressing of Consolidated Financial Statements
    论公允价值与合并会计报表中的财务粉饰
22. There is "a pattern of incremental rule change, but it's just window dressing, and we move forward to the next scandal".
    证交所形成了“一种规则渐变模式，但这只是装装门面，丑闻还会爆发”。
23. If banks 'sheer bulk is a systemic problem, then a new cap that preserves the status quo is merely window dressing.
    如果银行的绝对规模是系统性问题，那么维持现状的新限制不过是在粉饰门面。
24. This shop's window dressing is elegant.
    该店的橱窗布置真是美观大方。
25. They have painted the living room and tidied the garden in order to sell the house, but it's really only window dressing because the roof needs attention and the electric wiring is still unsafe.
    为了出售房子他们粉饰了起居室并整理了花园，不过那其实只是粉饰门面而已，因为房顶需要修缮，供电线路还不安全。
26. Keep up appearances Window dressing. Business as usual.
    ph.1.装门面，2.保持常态装潢门面期间，照常营业。
27. We will see whether the "save our cities" campaign is for real or just window dressing.
    我们要看看这次“拯救我们的城市”运动是认真的还是装装门面。
28. So I think a lot of it is political window dressing more than a substantial reform.
    所以我认为这应该是政治作秀窗口，而不是重大变革。
29. Sceptics say this means that regional experiments with hedging are mere window dressing until regulators make it easier for fund managers to short the largest stocks across the Gulf.
    持怀疑态度的人士称，这意味着除非监管机构使基金经理们更易于做空海湾地区最大的股票，否则该地区在对冲方面的尝试只不过是做做样子。
30. The second part puts much effort on the typical ways Chinese listed companies use in window dressing.
    第二章着重分析了我国上市公司报表粉饰的常见手段和典型案例。

noun

1. the decoration of shop windows

2. a showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant

   Synonym:    facade